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4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Dan Romer discusses the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s recent study noting the frequency of false reports that suicides increase around the holidays.
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In a KYW podcast, political scientist Rudra Sil of the School of Arts & Sciences looks at the relationship between Russia and China as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues. Sil is asked, How much influence could China have on the actions that Russia takes from this point? And how much pressure is China feeling right now to help or temper Vladimir Putin?
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John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine said the U.S. should be keeping an eye on BA.2, the subvariant of COVID-19 behind a surge in parts of Europe and Asia. “It’s unlikely that we need national reintroduction of mitigation measures, but we should have local awareness of what’s happening in our communities and how to actually reintroduce masks or other measures,” he said.
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Lorene Cary of the School of Arts & Sciences was interviewed about her passion for writing and her commitment to preserving Black history through storytelling.
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Judith O’Donnell of the Perelman School of Medicine said there are a number of quality COVID-19 rapid tests available in the U.S. “Being able to do a test in your own house, rather than having to schedule an appointment to go to an urgent care center or go to an emergency room or to a testing site, is a level of convenience that we didn't have a year ago,” she said.
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Ahead of the Summer Olympics, the Penn Museum is displaying an ancient vase decorated with running athletes. “Athletics were universal even in the ancient world,” said Ann Brownlee.
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Hans-Peter Kohler of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about the potential ramifications of declining births in the U.S. “Ultimately, declining birth rates affect what’s called the population age structure, so how many individuals are at different ages within a country or population,” he said, “and the population age structure, along with the size of the population, have profound effects on many, many aspects of life.”
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Ian Lustick of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about escalating violence in Israel and Gaza and the underlying political struggles on each side.
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Karen Weaver of the Graduate School of Education spoke about gender inequity in the NCAA. “There’s a number of inequitable decisions that have been made in addition to the ones we talked about this year that just haven't drawn the same amount of attention,” she said.
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Ariana Chao of the School of Nursing said exercising and finding a diet that’s sustainable long term is the best plan for losing weight.